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his defense team is presenting his defense today. will he testify? let's bring in our legal panel, glenda, i want to start with you here. as we said, the two big questions here are, will bulger testify and should he testify? >> well, i'll tell you, the golden rule typically is that you don't put a defendant on the established unless you're going to talk about it. he may have some things that he wants to tell but typically they don't take the stand. it will be very interesting if he does. >> terry, typically defense attorneys don't want their client to take the stand but you heard glenda say, if whitey bulger wants to talk and what do you do? >> you have to let the client take the stand, if you choose to. he can advise his client not to take the stand but if they choose to, they are going to. as far as controlling what your client says, you can limit the type of questions that you ask your client and control them more on cross-examination but if they want to take the stand and tell their story, that's their absolute right. this is a case where he very
his defense team is presenting his defense today. will he testify? let's bring in our legal panel, glenda, i want to start with you here. as we said, the two big questions here are, will bulger testify and should he testify? >> well, i'll tell you, the golden rule typically is that you don't put a defendant on the established unless you're going to talk about it. he may have some things that he wants to tell but typically they don't take the stand. it will be very interesting if he does....
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>> well, listen, don, here's a guy whose defense says that he wants to take the stand and we're ready to take the stand. now they are in court and saying, well, you know, maybe he will or maybe he won't and the government said, well, put him on the stand. the government said that. put him on the stand. as i told you in the last show, i challenge him to get on the stand. don, no matter what, they'll eat him alive. the best thing he could do is not get on the stand and just -- and just keep the faith where it's going to go. because he would be made a fool of, trust me. he would be made a fool of by the government. there is just too much evidence against him. the guy's already committed and said that he's committed these -- a lot of these crimes already prior to the jury even getting to deciding the verdict. so, he has no chance, don. >> he has no chance. all right, you heard it here from john "red" shea. >> no chance. >> we'll have you back, of course, it's always riveting to talk to you, thank you very much again, john. >>> we want to move on and breaking news to tell you about, three
>> well, listen, don, here's a guy whose defense says that he wants to take the stand and we're ready to take the stand. now they are in court and saying, well, you know, maybe he will or maybe he won't and the government said, well, put him on the stand. the government said that. put him on the stand. as i told you in the last show, i challenge him to get on the stand. don, no matter what, they'll eat him alive. the best thing he could do is not get on the stand and just -- and just keep...
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deborah, today, day one for the defense. who testified? >> reporter: well, we can tell you, first of all, what's not clear just yet is whether whitey bulger is going to testify. his lawyer continues to allude to that. right now it's looking as if it's a strong possibility. his defense is down to 14 witnesses. they're going to be called over the next couple of days. one of the key witnesses was the mother of murder victim debra hussy. but she yesterday notified the court she's got brain cancer and is too sick to testify. the reason the defense wanted to call her is because they wanted to cast doubt on whether it was bulger or flemmi who actually killed the girl. flemmi had sexually abused his commonwealth stepdaughter. bulger's lawyers are saying he has so much more motive than bulger. also on the list a crime associate likely to take the fifth because, brooke, during this trial he was actually imly ka -- implicated in one of the murder. he's about to get his own reality show on a separate issue. bulger's team today tried to refute the noti
deborah, today, day one for the defense. who testified? >> reporter: well, we can tell you, first of all, what's not clear just yet is whether whitey bulger is going to testify. his lawyer continues to allude to that. right now it's looking as if it's a strong possibility. his defense is down to 14 witnesses. they're going to be called over the next couple of days. one of the key witnesses was the mother of murder victim debra hussy. but she yesterday notified the court she's got brain...
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let me bring in our criminal defense attorney, darren kavinoky. so the probable cause hearing didn't happen. continuance happened. what does that mean? >> so a probable cause hearing, it's like a mini trial. but it takes place just in front of the judge. there's no jury there. but live witnesses come in and testify and are subject to cross-examination. and the judge ultimately decides whether or not there's enough evidence to allow the case to go forward. it's a safeguard in the system. it's one of the most important events outside of a jury trial. but -- >> that didn't happen. >> it did not happen. instead we've got a continuance. what that likely means is that the prosecution, instead of going forward to that preliminary hearing, that probz he probable cause hearing, they'll take their case to a grand jury that's going to decide after listening to witnesses whether the case can go forward. what that means is that aaron hernandez and his defense team may never get a chance to cross examine those people until they're doing it live in realtime at a
let me bring in our criminal defense attorney, darren kavinoky. so the probable cause hearing didn't happen. continuance happened. what does that mean? >> so a probable cause hearing, it's like a mini trial. but it takes place just in front of the judge. there's no jury there. but live witnesses come in and testify and are subject to cross-examination. and the judge ultimately decides whether or not there's enough evidence to allow the case to go forward. it's a safeguard in the system....
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janet johnson, is that a good defense for armstrong? >> i like, it brooke. i mean, the defense is basically not only did you know that france was investigating me and we all heard about this for years, but you gave me a new contract knowing that france was v investigating me. the law is called the false claims act and i guess he did falsely claim not to be doping but he also defends himself by saying everybody else was doing it, so you knew, it you profited and you're outside the statute of limitations. >> because they're past the statute of limitations, what kind of case does the government have against them? >> the motion is really good. usually the motion is one that you think is a hail mary, it's never going to work but this one is really well taken. what his lawyers say is it was six years and six days before landis, who is the person who initially find the lawsuit, who was also doping, before he filed his lawsuit and the statute of limitations is six years, so they be six days too late, which is one of the things that lawyers have nightmares about. >>
janet johnson, is that a good defense for armstrong? >> i like, it brooke. i mean, the defense is basically not only did you know that france was investigating me and we all heard about this for years, but you gave me a new contract knowing that france was v investigating me. the law is called the false claims act and i guess he did falsely claim not to be doping but he also defends himself by saying everybody else was doing it, so you knew, it you profited and you're outside the statute...
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that's a tough argument the defense has. the state has a pretty strong case because these women would not be dead if he hadn't been acting with gross negligence. >> it is tragic as you say all the way around. we'll follow it and see if it goes all the way through. monica lindstrom, thank you. >> thank you. >>> a graying and humbled o.j. simpson says he is sorry for the crimes that put him in prison. perhaps for the rest of his life. here he was. appeared by video feed before nevada's parole board in support of his plea that he be granted parole for burglary, robbery and kidnapping convictions. simpson is serving a 33-year sentence and would still have to serve at least four years on two other charges, eve fn the board rules in his favor. describing his clean prison record, simpson said he is a mentor to other inmates. >> i think i -- on a daily basis i speak to more inmates than anybody. they tell me their stories. some of them tell me their crimes. as far as burglary, which i'm here for, robbery, i should say, they've told
that's a tough argument the defense has. the state has a pretty strong case because these women would not be dead if he hadn't been acting with gross negligence. >> it is tragic as you say all the way around. we'll follow it and see if it goes all the way through. monica lindstrom, thank you. >> thank you. >>> a graying and humbled o.j. simpson says he is sorry for the crimes that put him in prison. perhaps for the rest of his life. here he was. appeared by video feed...